Tannoy Owners & Discussion

[Guest GoingForward]

Hi all,

I thought I might share my current listening setup made up of a pair Tannoy K3838.

 

[kwtools]

Here we go sharing my experience in this thread with a DIY pair of back loaded horn 12 inch MG Tannoy enclosure designed and made by myself. Of course I didn’t invent it but much time had been spend on searching for spin-offs and past success stories. All parts were sub contracted out for CNC machined and assembling was done in my garage. Each and every piece of timber is of European Birch ply and was a gamble. Spend many tedious hours putting the bits together, sanding and polishing on something of unknown and untested. The hard part is when about three quarter of the parts are assembled it gets bulky and too heavy for an old retiree like me. Flipping and moving it around requires the help of my son. This is my first attempt designing and building a speaker enclosure but it finally paid off and absolutely happy with the result with great satisfaction and risk worth taking.

As for the tweeter, I listened to some factory 10 and 12 inch Tannoy with Tannoy 100 and 200 tweeters and I like it personally. So adding a pair of tweeter is the direction I’ll like to go and a pair of Elac 4pi Plus.2 super tweeter was added in the hope of adding more life and soundstage as it’s an omni directional (circular dispersion) unit. Personally I was very happy with the whole experiences.

[Willmax]

On 26/01/2021 at 2:40 PM, GoingForward said:

Hi all,

I thought I might share my current listening setup made up of a pair Tannoy K3838.

 

A similar pair of Tannoy speakers featured prominently on Adele's music video "When We Were Young" recorded at The Church Studios in the UK.

 

It's funny actually watching the video again, looks like the camera person is trying to capture the speakers best angle more so than Adele's 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWKuo3gXMQ

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Willmax

[kwtools]

Here we go sharing my experience in this thread with a DIY pair of back loaded horn 12 inch MG Tannoy enclosure designed and made by myself. Of course I didn’t invent it but much time had been spend on searching for spin-offs and past success stories. All parts were sub contracted out for CNC machined and assembling was done in my garage. Each and every piece of timber is of European Birch ply and was a gamble. Spend many tedious hours putting the bits together, sanding and polishing on something of unknown and untested. The hard part is when about three quarter of the parts are assembled it gets bulky and too heavy for an old retiree like me. Flipping and moving it around requires the help of my son. This is my first attempt designing and building a speaker enclosure but it finally paid off and absolutely happy with the result with great satisfaction and risk worth taking.

As for the tweeter, I listened to some factory 10 and 12 inch Tannoy with Tannoy 100 and 200 tweeters and I like it personally. So adding a pair of tweeter is the direction I’ll like to go and a pair of Elac 4pi Plus.2 super tweeter was added in the hope of adding more life and soundstage as it’s an omni directional (circular dispersion) unit. Personally I was very happy with the whole experiences.

Thanks to members who like/love what I wrote or done on my Tannoy project.

Happy to answer any question about my project.

[kwtools]

Thanks to members who like/love what I wrote or done on my Tannoy project.

 

Happy to answer any question about my project.

[Willmax]

On 16/10/2020 at 7:25 PM, Lx4man said:

tonight's music and rotation of the week is brought to me by my 1968 monitor gold 15's

 

These are magnificent speakers, the custom built cabinets are top notch kudos to @Lx4man, they sound incredible! 

Check them out: 

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by Willmax

[foryou]

My gold IIIz own it over 10 years 

[kwtools]

Willmax, sounds great!!

[Willmax]

13 hours ago, foryou said:

My gold IIIz own it over 10 years 

Welcome to the Tannoy enthusiast corner on SNA and thanks for sharing a pic of your setup. 

What is valve amplifier is the one in the picture? It somehow reminds of those old Luxman/Lux kit styling. 

Edited February 1, 2021 by Willmax

[crtexcnndrm99]

20 hours ago, foryou said:

My gold IIIz own it over 10 years 

Nice! What associated gear (esp. amp)?  

[foryou]

Japanese style 100v Tango transformer amp  

Edited February 2, 2021 by foryou

[foryou]

Just move the system to mid of living room 

Edited February 3, 2021 by foryou

[Willmax]

Looks like you've got a good size room there.

[foryou]

1 hour ago, Willmax said:

Looks like you've got a good size room there.

Yes , not too bad

[foryou]

Does anyone upgrade the original crossover ? Should I just recap the original one or get the new one form mainlytannoy ? 

[Willmax]

I tried his custom crossovers with the Clarity Cap ESA with my Berkeley HPD385, I didn't really like and ended up returning the crossovers. 

I have since tried a recapped original crossover which sounded a lot better.

 

My suggestion would be to recap one of the crossovers and compare to the other one still with original caps.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Willmax

[Willmax]

@foryou the mainlytannoy crossovers are a good option for those who do not have the original ones.

[kwtools]

I recapped the original crossover as well with best parts I could find and happy with the result.

[Guest GoingForward]

Hi all,

looking for some advice on repairs from the Tannoy brain trust.

Noticed today one of my K3838 drivers has a crack in the surround and there is small gap.

Does anyone have any recommendation on a reliable repairer or a Tannoy doctor in Vic

Regards

 

Simon

 

[VanArn]

Atilla Tanka or Garry Cawsey are the usual candidates for speaker repairs.  Be warned the cost of  the special  Tannoy surrounds is on the high side and  they should be coated with a special sealant coating when they are replaced. The  corrugated cloth 'spiders'  may also require attention.

[foryou]

On 04/02/2021 at 2:00 PM, kwtools said:

I recapped the original crossover as well with best parts I could find and happy with the result.

 

any best parts can recommend me ? M-cap ?

[Willmax]

6 hours ago, GoingForward said:

Hi all,

looking for some advice on repairs from the Tannoy brain trust.

Noticed today one of my K3838 drivers has a crack in the surround and there is small gap.

Does anyone have any recommendation on a reliable repairer or a Tannoy doctor in Vic

Regards

 

Simon

 

Have a chat to @Lx4man he may be able to help or point you in the right direction. Another option is Tom Manning from Speakerbits.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Willmax

[kwtools]

I did recapping more than 10 years ago and can’t remember what I replaced with but I use troelsgravesen web site as guide together with the cross references of the original (values) I just bought the premium quality mostly Japan and U.S. made. For goodness sake never buy any made in China!!! Parts are cheap even the best of the lot.

I am afraid that is all I can help

[Willmax]

3 hours ago, foryou said:

any best parts can recommend me ? M-cap ?

 @HiFi-Man and @Lx4man might be able to recommend a few options for you perhaps send them a PM.

[BioBrian]

I did this back in 2013 for my HPD 315A drivers. Boxes were as per Tannoy designs that came with drivers.

 

The XO resistors fell apart every time I tried to move them; the connections and wiring were all pretty bad, so I did the full monty. All Jantzen parts.

 

Inspiration sources were Troels Gravesen, Hilberink.nl, a guy in UK, and was it Peter Campbell in Perth?